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The voice of Scotland’s vibrant voluntary sector

Published by Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

TFN is published by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh, EH3 6BB. The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Registration number SC003558.

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Decision makers sat on their hands while children died
Liam Stevenson pulls no punches as he tells how TIE is tackling LGBT-phobia in our schools
OPINION 30 March 2016 Guest post
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People development strategies for the third sector
Shona Smart explains why third sector organisations should consider e-learning as a way of developing staff and volunteers
OPINION 29 March 2016 Guest post
 
Poll: should Cameron and IDS resign as charity patrons?
POLL 24 March 2016 by Graham Martin
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Seven ways to put a spring into your charity’s finances
Stuart Niven introduces seven ways charities can nurture financial resilience
OPINION 24 March 2016 Guest post
 
University help long overdue for those in care
Duncan Dunlop says with only 7% of people who have been in care going straight to university from high school something had to be done
OPINION 23 March 2016 Guest post
 
For disabled people support is not a luxury
Practical support for disabled people is essential - and we should all provide it says Tressa Burke, chief executive of Glasgow Disability Alliance
OPINION 22 March 2016 by Robert Armour
 
Fresh ideas to grow social enterprise in Scotland
Duncan Thorp explains why 2016 is the perfect time to support and promote social enterprise in Scotland
OPINION 22 March 2016 Guest post
 
Why learn Scotland’s fourth language - British Sign Language?
Eilidh Rose McEwan says greater linguistic access to British Sign Language is the cure to linguistic inequality for Scotland's deaf community
OPINION 21 March 2016 Guest post
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Cancer pledges are good: but we must make them reality
£100m and a new strategy is good for cancer patients - but promises must be kept
OPINION 18 March 2016 Guest post
 
Benefit cuts: time for talking is over - we need direct action
Latest round of cuts will impoverish the disabled: the time for talking is now over, argues Bill Scott
OPINION 18 March 2016 Guest post
TFN Guide to Running a Charity or Social Enterprise 2024

This year’s Guide takes a look at how the sector is progressing in inclusion, diversity, equality and environmentalism - what more can be done to further these aims, featuring a wealth of expert opinion, advice and reflection.

Read it here
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